Sanagan’s Meat Locker, a popular butcher shop in Kensington Market, is the latest business to announce expansion plans to Toronto's east end.

The second location will be opening at Gerrard and Coxwell on the eastern stretch of the city's Little India.

In a blog post on the shop's website, owner Peter Sanagan notes that the expansion is a bit of a coming-home celebration as he lived in the east end in the early 2000s.

"Even though I’ve moved on, I still felt very connected to this east end neighbourhood. Which is why I’ve chosen it to open the second location of Sanagan’s Meat Locker."

Sanagan's showcases Ontario meat and poultry, and will bring that focus to Gerrard St. when it launches.

"We’re going to be fixing it up and hopefully open in the first few months of next year," Sanagan says in the post. "It’s going to be a smaller version of what we do now, something similar to the old shop. Small, manageable, and super-meaty."